opinion Archives

20 Jan

Opinion, Winter Issue 2022

Opinion | A Jewish State, but What Kind?

Posted by

Marshall Breger

January 26, 2022

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In December, Arab Knesset member Mansour Abbas noted that Israel was born as a Jewish state and will remain one, so the pressing question of the status of Arab citizens there “is not about the state’s identity.”

Cover of 'Donald Trump on American Jewry and Israel'

20 Jan

Interview, Israel, Opinion, Winter Issue 2022

Opinion Interview | Are Pro-Trump Jews Moving On?

Posted by

Amy E. Schwartz

January 20, 2022

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As 2022 ushers in a new political cycle, the relationship between former president Donald Trump and his supporters in the Jewish community—a minority, but a passionate and often influential one—seems set to enter a new and more complicated phase.

09 Nov

2021 November/December, Debate, Opinion

Moment Debate | Is the Filibuster Good for Democracy?

Posted by

Moment

August 3, 2023

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Democracy entails more than merely majority rule. It implies concern about minority rights.

08 Nov

2021 November/December, Opinion

Opinion | ‘Replacement Theory,’ Mainstreamed

Posted by

Sarah Posner

February 24, 2022

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White replacement theory, the repugnant racist trope that claims America’s white population is being displaced by people of color, is once again receiving a wide audience among those feeling malnourished by Donald Trump’s absence from their social media feeds.

08 Nov

2021 November/December, Israel, Opinion

Opinion | A Small Religious Revolution

Posted by

Shmuel Rosner

December 7, 2021

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It is easy to list the many things that the relatively new and highly diverse Israeli government cannot do. Example: It cannot advance a peace process with the Palestinians, nor an annexation in the West Bank.

Field Marshal Erwin Rommell with staff in North Africa in 1942.

08 Nov

2021 November/December, Opinion

Opinion | The Summer of 1942

Posted by

Gershom Gorenberg

December 7, 2021

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On July 1,1942, Cairo was about to fall to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s German and Italian forces.

08 Sep

2021 September/October, Jewish World, Opinion

Opinion | Mine, Mine, All Mine

Posted by

Marshall Breger

October 1, 2021

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What makes a place holy? And who gets to decide? Such abstract questions become concrete and emotional when we talk about Jerusalem.

08 Sep

2021 September/October, Debate, Opinion

Moment Debate | Is Critical Race Theory a Threat to Education?

Posted by

Moment

August 3, 2023

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It’s incompatible with the essence of a liberal arts education.

21 Jun

Uncategorized

Trump in Perspective

Posted by

Alfred H. Moses

June 24, 2021

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That which was is that which will be, and that which is ...

03 Jun

Debate, Opinion, Summer Issue 2021

Moment Debate | Is There a Moral Argument For Raising Taxes on the Rich?

Posted by

Moment

August 3, 2023

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Not as an abstract principle, true any time, but I approve of the tax and spending program proposed by President Biden, and I’m prepared to defend it on moral grounds.